Alexander Rashkov ⚡

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AI lowered the floor for building It didn't raise the ceiling for engineering Vibe coders ship MVPs None ship products🔥 Then production hits. ⚙️ Kubernetes ⚙️ Rate limiting ⚙️ Sharding ⚙️ Caching ⚙️ Error logging ⚙️ Firewall rules ⚙️ CI/CD ⚙️ Load balancers ⚙️ Message queues

Junior developers vibe coding in the era of AI (Saturday fun)

@milan_milanovic @milan_milanovic congratulations on the launch. This book is great material for all levels of engineers and engineering leaders alike!

My first book is out: Laws of Software Engineering. The day has finally come after more than two years of writing and 6 months in preparation. Why did I decide to write this book? The first time my team doubled in size and shipped less, I thought we had a people problem. We didn't. We had Brooks's Law, and nobody had told me it had a name. I wrote the book so you understand the problem earlier than I did. 👇

Forewords by @rebeccaparsons and @addyosmani. Still can't quite believe it 🙏. 20 reviewers pushed back on early drafts and made the book sharper: @AdamTornhill @mdalmijn @MatthiasPatzak @vladikk @tekiegirl @thiagoghisi @alexrashkov @sjgoedecke Marvin Ferreira @lucamezzalira @owainlewis @RyanMurphyTech @RomanoRoth @codefrenzy @davidavpereira Jovan Cukalovic @FSazanavets @popovicu94 @TsTrv Maciej Jędrzejewski. Thank you very much for this!

Our teams are doing things no one's done before in a data center. 🌐 Meet Prometheus, our 1GW AI cluster. ➡️ go.meta.me/62a752 #LifeAtMeta #TechInnovation

@proletbate Underestimate, overdeliver!

Don’t overestimate me.

Engineering Manager Tip 🧠 The engineer who questions your decisions isn't being difficult—they're the one paying attention. Listen harder than you push back. #engmanager

@RealProductGirl Thanks for reviewing my app here x.com/alexrashkov/st… It's great to have you in my feed :)

OKAY BUILDERS!!! 🔥🔥🔥 It's time to SHOW UP for each other! I just spent 8 HOURS going through every single submission to make sure nobody got left behind, but let's be real, I probably missed some legends because of eye fatigue... Yes, you all KNOW how that is...staring at a bug for 10 hours trying not to mass delete your entire repo out of spite. Yea, I see you 👀 So here's what I need: 👇 Repost the original below 👀 Tag your teammates (only ones that I missed) We don't let our people go unseen. Let's goooo! 🚀🙏 ⚠️ Quick note: I'll only be providing product feedback to people who originally posted on this thread that I may have missed.

@RealProductGirl Thanks for the review! All the best with your SaaS building journey!

@alexrashkov Very nice! I think this can help a lot of people from the feedback that I received. I like the UI and the metrics that you put to show execution and value. This is an important part of execution. Thank you for doing this! Keep Building Alexander! 🚀🚀🚀

I NEED my feed full of builders. What are you working on right now? I don't care if it's a startup or a weekend side project. If you're building something, I want you on my timeline. Reply and let's connect. 👇

@KaiXCreator Personal brand automation on LinkedIn mybrandpilot.app

Builders on X What are you building right now? App. Startup. Side project. Content. I want more builders on my timeline. Drop what you're working on 👇🏻

@ramannoodlez Interesting graph, love the growth.

back to work 🫡

@orlinkata Аз съм в Meta, при нас през 2024 орязоха 21к човека от 80к. Бяха наели твърде много заради Ковид. От тогава насам са съкратили+уволнили+напуснали поне още 20%. В момента се говори за нова брадва, очакват се още 20% redundancy. Като ги събереш, стават доста.

@alexrashkov 'се та'я! Чувам разни разкази как фирмите щели да изгонят персонал. Имаш продукт, имаш ресурс и за да резнеш 50% от заплати, ще спреш да се развиваш и ще разчиташ конкуренцията и тя да остане в 2025. Успех! Т.е. ЧАО!

Една фирма трябва да е малоумна да си уволни работниците вместо да си вдигне производството и да почне да печели повече. Работник изкарва 4-5 пъти заплатата си като доход за фирмата. Ако с AI повиши производителността си 2х - дохода за фирмата става 8-10х. И защо да го махаш?!

Engineering Manager Tip 🧠 Your best engineers leave because of you, not the company. Ask yourself: what am I doing that makes staying feel like settling? #engmanager

Engineering Manager Tip 🧠 Disagree with your leadership? Push back respectfully in private, then execute the decision fully. Your team reads everything. #engmanager

Engineering Manager Tip 🧠 Your calendar is your strategy. If you're not protecting time for 1-on-1s, planning, and thinking, you're not managing. #engmanager

Engineering Manager Tip 🧠 Ship something small this week, even if imperfect. Momentum beats perfection. Your team will feel the difference. #engmanager